Photonics Hot List: August 23, 2024

Aug. 23, 2024
In this episode: a microlaser monitors biomarkers in sweat, NASA makes a quantum sensing breakthrough, and OPLEDs could be the future of high-end displays.

The struggle with diabetes and the vital processes required to manage it could soon become easier and more accurate, thanks to the development of a wearable microlaser device that can noninvasively measure and monitor biomarkers in the body through sweat.

Scientists from NASA’s Cold Atom Lab have achieved a significant milestone in quantum sensing in its ability to measure subtle vibrations of the International Space Station and its surrounding environment. This is the first time ultracold atoms have been used to detect environmental changes in space.

With ongoing advances in laser display technologies comes the need for more colorful, higher-definition components than existing organic LEDs can offer. Now, researchers in China are working to address these evolving requirements with organic polariton LEDs.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Laser Focus World and Vision Systems Design. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

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